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Date sent: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 23:41:33 EST
Subject: Re: Mariah Carey whistle tone demo
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In a message dated 01/20/2000 10:38:04 PM Central Standard Time,
michael.chesebro-at-worldnet.att.net writes:

<< Horne and Bartoli, well now, I have heard many make complaints of one type
of another. Just the same, they are known for singing florid music that was
the style in a given era. I think it is more appropriate to criticize the
music of that era than those two artists. >>

But there are other artists who perform the same music and I don't feel that
way about their singing. There is just a lack of emotion in some of their
performances. I feel that their ornamentation tends toward "look at me!"
rather than "look at what is being said." For example, Horne does a 2 octave
drop in one recording of "una voce poco fa" that is not pretty - and if it's
not pretty, it's not Rosina!

Chris Thomas
Mezzo-Soprano
Wauwatosa, WI

"I love to sing-a, about the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a"